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date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in disability payments in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The “Outturn and forecast: Spring Statement 2018 (ODS)” table shows spending on Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) and Attendance Allowance (AA) in both cash and real terms from introduction to 2016/17, the latest date for which published outturn data is available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Disability benefits expenditure 2009/10 to 2016/17 (Spring Statement 2018)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability benefits expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£ million, nominal terms</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,565</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,104</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,905</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,906</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,288</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,791</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,734</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,164</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,459</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,877</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,566</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,430</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,763</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,798</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,233</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,514</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which children</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>1,315</p></td><td><p>1,391</p></td><td><p>1,463</p></td><td><p>1,717</p></td><td><p>1,835</p></td><td><p>1,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>6,277</p></td><td><p>6,456</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p>7,419</p></td><td><p>7,528</p></td><td><p>7,071</p></td><td><p>6,632</p></td><td><p>5,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>3,989</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>4,351</p></td><td><p>4,620</p></td><td><p>4,771</p></td><td><p>5,010</p></td><td><p>4,766</p></td><td><p>4,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>161</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,565</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>1,436</p></td><td><p>2,723</p></td><td><p>4,481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>679</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AFIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,228</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,339</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,476</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,422</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,490</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,483</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which children</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>5,106</p></td><td><p>5,228</p></td><td><p>5,339</p></td><td><p>5,476</p></td><td><p>5,360</p></td><td><p>5,422</p></td><td><p>5,490</p></td><td><p>5,483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disability benefits expenditure,</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£ million, real terms, 2018/19 prices</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,176</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,445</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,067</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,757</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,821</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,123</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,972</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,920</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,265</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,502</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,083</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,745</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,856</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,682</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,987</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,906</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which children</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td><td><p>1,387</p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td><td><p>1,527</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,827</p></td><td><p>1,939</p></td><td><p>1,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>7,267</p></td><td><p>7,340</p></td><td><p>7,733</p></td><td><p>8,146</p></td><td><p>8,127</p></td><td><p>7,524</p></td><td><p>7,010</p></td><td><p>5,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>4,618</p></td><td><p>4,775</p></td><td><p>4,877</p></td><td><p>5,072</p></td><td><p>5,150</p></td><td><p>5,331</p></td><td><p>5,038</p></td><td><p>4,631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>173</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,665</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,176</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,336</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>1,528</p></td><td><p>2,878</p></td><td><p>4,634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>703</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AFIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,911</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,943</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,984</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,786</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,769</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,802</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,670</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which children</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>5,911</p></td><td><p>5,943</p></td><td><p>5,984</p></td><td><p>6,012</p></td><td><p>5,786</p></td><td><p>5,769</p></td><td><p>5,802</p></td><td><p>5,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/09/2018 15:23:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

968179

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes her Department uses to (a) notify people of their state pension entitlement and (b) advise them of the number of additional qualifying years of national insurance contributions required to obtain the full state pension; and whether that information is provided via a single communication.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	170650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Reforms to the State Pension were recommended by the Pensions Commission in 2005, which was set up under the then Labour Government. These recommendations were taken forward in the design of the new State Pension by the coalition Government.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Department for Work and Pensions has carried out a comprehensive communication campaign to bring the new State Pension to people’s attention with advertisements in newspapers, on social media and on radio stations across the country as well as working through Stakeholders to raise public awareness of the changes. There is also a significant package of on-line information about the State Pension at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our online service, Check your State Pension (CySP), is key in supporting the communication campaign. This service provides a State Pension forecast (based on the individual’s current National Insurance record and an assumption that future years count towards their State Pension), and the earliest date the individual can get their State Pension. Users can look at their National Insurance record, where they will also find out how many qualifying years they have and any gaps in their contributions. Since February 2016, over 10 million State Pension forecasts have now been viewed online, helping millions of people to plan for their retirement. Those who are unable to use the online CySP service can request to get a State Pension forecast posted to them.</p><p> </p><p>The CySP service also gives personalised information on whether the payment of (Class 3) voluntary National Insurance Contributions (vNICs) may improve their forecast. Whether or not an individual can improve their State Pension position by making vNICs will depend upon their own particular circumstances. It is entirely a decision for the individual to make but it may not always be beneficial. A person normally has six years in which to pay vNICs for a given tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone considering making vNICs payments should firstly check their State Pension using the CySP service on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>. Where someone pays Class 3 vNICs and the payment does not result in an increase their State Pension, they can request a refund from HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>People with no National Insurance record before the introduction of the new State<br>Pension on 6 April 2016 will need 35 qualifying years to get the full amount of new State Pension, when they reach State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>For people with an existing National Insurance record before this date, transitional arrangements apply and their existing National Insurance (NI) record to 6 April 2016 is taken into account. (It is therefore not the case that 35 years of National Insurance will result in the full rate of the new State Pension for these people; in these cases there is usually not a direct relationship between the number of years of National Insurance contributions and the amount of State Pension someone receives.)</p><p>People who qualify will receive at least as much from the new State Pension as they would have done from the old system, based on their NI record to 6 April 2018;<br></p><p>Many people will be able to build a higher State Pension amount than they previously could have done by adding further qualifying years until they either reach the full rate of new State Pension, or their State Pension age whichever comes first</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 170652 question first answered 13/09/2018 09:31:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

968187

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the requirement to have 35 qualifying years of national insurance contributions to be eligible for a full state pension is set out in correspondence sent to people in relation to (a) their national insurance record and (b) their state pension.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	170652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Reforms to the State Pension were recommended by the Pensions Commission in 2005, which was set up under the then Labour Government. These recommendations were taken forward in the design of the new State Pension by the coalition Government.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Department for Work and Pensions has carried out a comprehensive communication campaign to bring the new State Pension to people’s attention with advertisements in newspapers, on social media and on radio stations across the country as well as working through Stakeholders to raise public awareness of the changes. There is also a significant package of on-line information about the State Pension at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our online service, Check your State Pension (CySP), is key in supporting the communication campaign. This service provides a State Pension forecast (based on the individual’s current National Insurance record and an assumption that future years count towards their State Pension), and the earliest date the individual can get their State Pension. Users can look at their National Insurance record, where they will also find out how many qualifying years they have and any gaps in their contributions. Since February 2016, over 10 million State Pension forecasts have now been viewed online, helping millions of people to plan for their retirement. Those who are unable to use the online CySP service can request to get a State Pension forecast posted to them.</p><p> </p><p>The CySP service also gives personalised information on whether the payment of (Class 3) voluntary National Insurance Contributions (vNICs) may improve their forecast. Whether or not an individual can improve their State Pension position by making vNICs will depend upon their own particular circumstances. It is entirely a decision for the individual to make but it may not always be beneficial. A person normally has six years in which to pay vNICs for a given tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone considering making vNICs payments should firstly check their State Pension using the CySP service on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>. Where someone pays Class 3 vNICs and the payment does not result in an increase their State Pension, they can request a refund from HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>People with no National Insurance record before the introduction of the new State<br>Pension on 6 April 2016 will need 35 qualifying years to get the full amount of new State Pension, when they reach State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>For people with an existing National Insurance record before this date, transitional arrangements apply and their existing National Insurance (NI) record to 6 April 2016 is taken into account. (It is therefore not the case that 35 years of National Insurance will result in the full rate of the new State Pension for these people; in these cases there is usually not a direct relationship between the number of years of National Insurance contributions and the amount of State Pension someone receives.)</p><p>People who qualify will receive at least as much from the new State Pension as they would have done from the old system, based on their NI record to 6 April 2018;<br></p><p>Many people will be able to build a higher State Pension amount than they previously could have done by adding further qualifying years until they either reach the full rate of new State Pension, or their State Pension age whichever comes first</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 170650 question first answered 13/09/2018 09:31:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

968220

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pensioners: Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland over the age of 65 have been (a) successfully reassessed and (b) unsuccessfully reassessed after being invited to move from disability living allowance to personal independence payment; and how many of those people were referred to the assessment provider as part of that reassessment process.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	170850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) clearances (claim outcome) split by geographical area (Country, local authority and parliamentary constituency), by age, by type of clearance (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) and by type of claim (new claim or reassessment) can be found at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:<a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of claimants to PIP who were referred to an assessment can be found by adding together the number of claims ‘awarded’ and the number of claims ‘disallowed post referral to the Assessment Provider’.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/09/2018 13:59:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

968342

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payments assessments are home visits.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	170754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>In the financial year April 2017 to March 2018, 29% of all PIP face to face assessments were conducted in the Claimants home.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/09/2018 13:43:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

968429

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Inflatables: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that small businesses improve the safety standards of bouncy castles.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	170724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety at Work Act applies to the supply, hire and use of inflatables for commercial purposes. The Act is enforced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or by Local Authorities, depending upon where the inflatable is being used.</p><p> </p><p>This legislation is supported by guidance published by HSE (<a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/fairgrounds/inflatables.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/entertainment/fairgrounds/inflatables.htm</a>) which sets out the steps that should be taken by operators to control the risks of operating and using this equipment; and by an annual inspection scheme for inflatables run by the industry’s two inspection bodies, the Pertexa Inflatable Play Accreditation (PIPA) and the Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme (ADIPS).</p><p> </p><p>Following two recent and tragic incidents in which children died, HSE is reviewing these arrangements to ensure that the high standard of safety for children using bouncy castles and similar play equipment is maintained. This work will encompass small businesses operating inflatables and inflatables used at funfairs.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 170953 question first answered 13/09/2018 14:05:28 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell